PCEF Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, PCEF traded between $24.30 and $25.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 80.8%, placing in the 45.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 75.8% (HV 20d: 5.0%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-04: Highest Volume — 15 contracts
  • 2014-09-24: Largest IV spike — 142.2% change
  • 2014-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 68.5%
  • 2014-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.73$24.30$25.15$25.09$24.35
Max Pain$25.52$25.00$26.00$25.00$26.00
ATM IV80.8%20.5%119.2%77.0%119.2%
Expected Move9.4%2.7%11.0%9.8%11.0%
HV 20d5.0%4.5%5.8%5.8%5.5%
HV 60d6.0%5.8%6.4%5.8%6.3%
IV Rank45.4%9.2%68.5%43.1%68.5%
IV Percentile80.1%54.0%92.9%79.8%92.9%
Term Structure-32.1%-107.1%62.8%-39.9%-42.4%
VWIV15.9%4.4%26.7%15.9%4.4%
Skew 25d12.1%-76.6%106.4%-12.2%-5.8%
Skew 10d5.3%-76.6%85.8%-72.2%-5.8%
Call IV 25d94.8%13.6%140.5%130.8%140.5%
Put IV 25d106.9%62.2%143.3%118.6%134.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %177.88157.55194.71173.33190.09
Gamma HHI0.330.280.580.390.31
Net GEX-5.3K-10.3K-3.1K-5.8K-3.6K
Net DEX96.3K70.9K113.0K82.0K99.7K
Net VEX-441-524-226-321-503
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume1.57101500
Total OI88.47683948387

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$25.09$25.0077.0%9.8%5.8%43.1%0.0%-12.2%-39.9%-5.8K82.0K-3210.00173.33N/AN/A00281
2014-09-03$25.15$25.0079.2%9.9%4.6%44.4%0.0%106.4%-105.7%-5.6K70.9K-3860.00164.51N/AN/A00281
2014-09-04$25.09$25.0076.0%10.0%4.8%42.5%15.9%-76.6%-107.1%-4.5K75.9K-4260.00157.95N/AN/A015281
2014-09-05$25.10$25.0085.2%10.0%4.8%48.1%0.0%4.6%-25.8%-4.7K76.5K-4520.00157.55N/AN/A00292
2014-09-08$25.04$25.0094.4%10.0%4.7%53.6%0.0%7.7%-22.5%-5.7K85.4K-4430.00163.85N/AN/A00292
2014-09-09$24.93$25.0098.8%6.9%4.7%56.2%0.0%2.4%-29.2%-6.6K103.5K-3940.00159.78N/AN/A00292
2014-09-10$24.95$25.0096.8%10.4%4.7%55.0%0.0%2.7%-73.8%-5.2K110.3K-5070.00169.30N/AN/A00292
2014-09-11$24.92$25.0079.5%10.4%4.5%44.6%0.0%-1.2%-75.7%-5.1K113.0K-5050.00186.45N/AN/A00292
2014-09-12$24.81$25.0080.7%10.2%4.6%45.3%16.5%2.9%-78.6%-6.4K88.0K-4380.00168.44N/AN/A01292
2014-09-15$24.59$25.0081.1%9.9%5.0%45.6%26.7%1.4%-33.1%-9.8K103.7K-2680.00172.93N/AN/A014292
2014-09-16$24.66$26.0085.8%10.2%4.8%48.4%0.0%0.8%-37.4%-3.9K98.9K-5240.00193.43N/AN/A00286
2014-09-17$24.66$26.0087.1%10.3%4.7%49.2%0.0%0.8%-36.3%-5.2K96.3K-4160.00175.79N/AN/A00286
2014-09-18$24.70$26.0088.5%10.3%4.8%50.0%0.0%81.0%-38.5%-3.7K105.2K-4990.00189.03N/AN/A01286
2014-09-19$24.71$26.0044.4%10.3%4.7%23.5%0.0%76.4%55.1%-5.1K104.6K-5040.00187.99N/AN/A00286
2014-09-22$24.53$26.0047.7%10.6%5.2%25.5%0.0%-5.6%62.8%-4.3K80.5K-4740.00182.04N/AN/A00085
2014-09-23$24.49$26.0020.5%2.7%5.2%9.2%0.0%86.3%-6.8%-10.3K99.3K-2260.00183.38N/AN/A00085
2014-09-24$24.55$26.0049.6%10.5%5.2%26.7%0.0%-1.2%60.7%-4.0K106.5K-4970.00188.88N/AN/A00085
2014-09-25$24.38$26.0099.7%6.3%5.4%56.8%0.0%-2.5%-32.3%-3.8K104.1K-4990.00194.71N/AN/A00085
2014-09-26$24.36$26.0091.3%6.3%5.4%51.7%4.4%-5.0%-30.1%-5.1K112.1K-4840.00184.11N/AN/A02085
2014-09-29$24.30$26.00113.5%10.6%5.3%65.1%0.0%-9.1%-37.4%-3.1K105.9K-5020.00191.95N/AN/A00087
2014-09-30$24.35$26.00119.2%11.0%5.5%68.5%0.0%-5.8%-42.4%-3.6K99.7K-5030.00190.09N/AN/A00087